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ndependent craft brewers across the Mornington Peninsula have united to brew up a storm with a new collaborative limited-edition beer which is being released this month.
The new beer will be a Red XPA (eXtra Pale Ale) at 5.5% ABV with the recipe designed from six craft breweries across the Mornington Peninsula including Mornington Peninsula Brewery, Red Hill Brewery, St Andrews Beach Brewery, HIX Brewery (Hickinbotham of Dromana), Jetty Road Brewery and Mr Banks Brewing Co. Peninsula Essence talks to Matt Bebe, CEO of Mornington Peninsula Brewery about this innovative brew and the growth of the craft beer industry on the Mornington Peninsula. “There has been a significant growth in independent craft breweries in the last two years across the Mornington Peninsula. It
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is great that in an increasingly competitive world we are all coming together to not only raise awareness of the region but also the independent craft beer movement,” said Matt. “A group of us got together to discuss putting all our skills in the one basket and come up with a beer that reflects the peninsula. So we have created our new collaborative craft beer and are just looking for a name for it now.” The beer which was brewed early August when all of the breweries united at Mornington Peninsula Brewery will be released on September 7 at a degustation dinner. “It is great to have everybody in the same industry working together. The industry here is growing so much and we have a unique opportunity to create something brilliant with all our minds put together,” said Matt of the industry that collaborates